A conservative military analyst publicly supported the Dal Molin base while insulting its opponents

Evidence

To get another perspective on why the military has been building so many bases while it’s in the process of vacating so many others in Europe, I talked to the conservative scholar Edward N. Luttwak, who had expressed public support for the new base at Dal Molin and once called any opponent of the base “a dirty commie” who is “purely ideological and negativist.” — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 815

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• DEFINE: Establishes Luttwak’s identity and credibility position so his later anti-base testimony carries more weight.

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